Hedniskhjärtad/ Till Fjälls:

After several line-up changes the whole thing came to an end in the summer of '96 with only one rehearsal tape alive. The vocalist and guitar player, Mr Vintersorg, decided then to continue this journey by himself, taking the role of a single unit that played all of the present instruments. From the guitars, to bass, vocals, keys etc. The result: a Mcd called Hedniskhjärtad released in the summer of '98 though Napalm Records. And later the same year a full length album Till Fjälls was invoked, conjured, composed and recorded by this artist. The recordings went fine and took place in Ballerina Audio AB in Umeå, Sweden. With Mr V as a sole producer and editor of this effort.

Ödemarkens Son:

Vintersorg's passion for folk music was quite obvious and got even more exposed on the next album called Ödemarkens Son album, which was released in '99 continuing the collaboration with Napalm Records. The songs had a more mysterious mood and gave the words Nature Worshipping a new meaning in the metal field. When asked Mr V claim it to be the most straight forward and simple album to compose and record, as he was in a Ödemarkens Son temper that whole summer when the recording took place. It was nicely balanced with both heavy and fast songs, giving a lot of space to the acoustic guitars and clear vocal harmonies.

Cosmic Genesis:

For the ‘00 release Cosmic Genesis, Vintersorg wanted to extend the concept and fulfil the vision of having a constant development in the band, to continue this adventurous journey beyond the limits that normally is accepted in the harder music forum. And directed the music into a more progressive and gloomy atmosphere, with as larger variety of vocal styles and arrangements, nevertheless still keeping the old essence. The lyrical themes also had a little bit of a new approach, spanning from the nature romantic, to the nature of the “nature”, the questions that contributes to the existence of the nature on earth. This was manifested in the more “cosmic” lyrics. The language in the poetry also came to a new crossroad; it was time to write in English, as a continuance in the development. Still two lyrics stayed in the mother tongue Naturens Galleri and Om Regnbågen Matrialisereades. The album came to life this time with a long-time musical companion and friend, a second guitarist called Mattias Marklund. He joined the band as a full member, and the band Vintersorg became a duo, even if Mr V stayed as the composer.

Visions From The Spiral Generator:

Last years album Visions from the spiral generator had an even more progressive aura and a deeper melodism, guiding the listener through vaster spectra, but keeping a lot of the metal attitude put, the music was projected through a more sophisticated complexity, still energetic. It had a many more forms of energy written all over it, and not just energy in the terms of punch and speed, it held other forms of it as well like “flowing” ”motion” “warmth”. Inspiration source? Cosmos in all its aspects. Everything from the old algebras in mathematics to the physical architecture of a mountain. Reflecting Vintersorgs analysis of that space is trapped in a formula called Pi, the abstraction in that can be the mother of spiral formations, which is the shape nature chooses to use when it creates, DNA, fingerprints, a pine cone, oil in water, the exhaled smoke from a cigarette, the face of a sun flower etc. Masters like Asgeir Mickelson (Spiral Architect, Borknagar) and Steve Di Giorgio (Death, Testament, Controlled Denied…) were contacted to fulfil Vintersorg's artistic visions, and their skills contributed to the piece in a multi facetted way .That album attracted many new fans, which mostly occupies the Progressive communities.

The Focusing Blur:

Mr V himself had already composed the next album when Visions from the spiral generator reached the masses, and the idea this time was a concept album in its full shape. The album was named The Focusing Blur With a story that starts with the first track and is completed with the last. The music is even more diverse taking up all the previous Vintersorg elements, but putting them into new environments. More acoustic guitars, more vocal harmonies (Yes style), more extravagant guitar leads and fresh keyboard frameworks. Mr V and Mattias have built up a strong musical relationship during the last 12-15 years..something…so everything went very smooth in the whole creating process, with Mr V as the main composer, but with Mattias as a supervisor that gave his opinions on how thing could be handled. A good dialogue that shaped the album to what it is.

The two “wizards” Mickelson and Di Giorgio did once again contribute with their craft, the inspiring drum patterns and fretless bass wizardry, to complete the aim. This album became more melodic, and the folk influence shine forth as clearly as ever.

The recording of the last two albums have been very complex, using three-fours different studios in the three different countries, using three different formats. The studios used for Visions from the spiral generator-Ballerina Audio AB, Seven Stars, TopRoom and Nu-Tone. For The Focusing Blur -Ballerina Audio AB, Seven Stars, TopRoom and Waves.

The lyrical theme is based on theVintersorgian quest for the essence of Man, the complex connection between science and fate. Viewing macrocosm through a microscope.

“When we’ve found the utter limits of Man’s knowledge we’re at a new crossroad with new things to follow, so Mankind’s focus isn’t constant. It seems more like; we’re victims for
a blur, where the blur is the arena of things we haven’t mastered so far. You could call this The Focusing Blur...

(source: www.vintersorganic.com)